Trump invokes ‘red wave’ as both parties see success in midterm primaries

Voters cast ballots in eight U.S. states for key primary elections on Tuesday, with all eyes on California, where the outcome could swing the balance of power in Congress. Democrats in the country's most populous state are battling to ensure they come out on top in several congressional districts that voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Republicans did notch up one clear win on Tuesday night. Mr. Trump said on Twitter Wednesday morning.

If House Democrats win a majority in President Donald Trump's midterm test this fall, it will be because they were able to turn key New Jersey districts from red to blue.

Voters in seven other states went to the polls as well. But so far neither party appears to have suffered any major setbacks. And the winners and losers in California's most competitive races could take days to sort out given the state's unique election laws.

California has some of the highest gas prices in the nation, and the tax, which went in to effect a year ago, is a rare issue in California that seems to bring Democrats and Republicans together.

Voters picked final candidates in races in Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and California on Tuesday.

Ivey, who stepped into the governor post after the resignation of Robert Bentley previous year, will seek a full term in November. Baugh's campaign threatened to draw enough disaffected Republicans to keep any Democrat from appearing on the ballot in November.

California was among eight states holding primary contests on Tuesday. If the Democrats are going to take back the House, which now appears unlikely, it will be in swing states like New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and NY.

Much of Tuesday's drama focused on women, including former federal prosecutor and Navy pilot Mikie Sherrill, who bested a field of Democratic rivals to replace retiring New Jersey Republican Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen. Her Republican opponent in the July runoff is a former Democrat-turned-Trump ally Bobby Bright.

Roby was the first member of Congress to withdraw her endorsement of the Republican president in 2016 after he was caught on video bragging about grabbing women's genitals.

It may be as close to good as the state's second biggest political party can hope for in California in 2018.

Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of MS, won his primary contest as did Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey.

Incumbent Republican Gov. Kay Ivey won her primary with 56 percent support, easily beating Huntsville, Ala., Mayor Tommy Battle, who finished a distant second with 25 percent. The race for second in the primary for U.S. Senate was neck-and-neck between Republican James Bradley and State Sen.

In New Jersey's 7th District, won by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016, Republican incumbent Leonard Lance will face a tough general election against former Obama staffer Tom Malinowski. Such a candidate would at least have made for a heck of race.

Incumbent Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez, indicted in 2015 on corruption charges that were dismissed earlier this year, won his party's primary with 62 percent, beating challenger Lisa McCormick, a political newbie who won 38 percent.

Democrats targeted seven congressional districts won by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election that are now held by Republicans. Fox News even salivated over the possibility of two Republicans running against each other in California. This indicates to me that de Leon is going to have a tough time expanding his base of supporters moving forward to the general election.

A key Senate race took shape in the heart of Trump country as well. "A lot of us felt it was necessary to take a seat at the table".

Nadella called attention to the company's flipped perspective on open-source software on the Monday conference call. Potential synergies also exist between GitHub and Microsoft's hybrid cloud platform Azure, as well as LinkedIn.

Fox News recently reported that Dolezal has taken to Instagram to show the apparent success of her in-house hair salon business. Diallo's banks statements showed over $83,000 had been deposited into her USA bank account between August 2015 and August 2017.

In 2005 she was featured in the VH1 reality series " Strange Love ", which centered on her relationship with rapper Flavor Flav . Not only is this Brigitte's fifth pregnancy, but she's also been married five times, so maybe 5 is her lucky number!

An attempted apology and promise to leave Twitter , which she has failed to do, were not enough to save the show. He added, "I condemn these statements vehemently" and that her thoughts do not reflect his own "inclusive" views.

Moon, who returned to Seoul on Thursday morning after meeting Trump in Washington in a bid to keep the high-stakes U.S. Moon said the Saturday's summit - just the fourth-ever inter-Korean leaders' meeting - had been requested by Kim.

Alberto should be a "regular" tropical storm by then as it increases wind speed to around 65mph, but it won't be near our coast. He said the National Weather Service says there is a 10 percent chance the surge will reach 4 feet above high tide.

Daniels has said Cohen paid her $130,000 to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she had with Trump, which Trump has denied. Freidman declined in a text message to answer questions about cooperating with prosecutors or terms of his agreement.

England got off to a great start against Nigeria today, taking the lead in the 6th minute through a Gary Cahill header. It might be a friendly but Gareth Southgate will be hoping for a win and a convincing performance.

Dow Jones components Boeing (BA) and Caterpillar (CAT), heavy steel users vulnerable in a trade war , fell more than 1%. Therefore, as of June 1, 2018, tariffs will no longer be suspended for steel or aluminum imports from those countries.

It was the Super Kings who halted Sunrisers' six-game winning streak with a comprehensive eight-wicket drubbing on May 13 in Pune. The match timings for the play-offs have been advanced by one hour, which means the match will start at 7 p.m.

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